Brent crude oil dipped below $124 a barrel on Tuesday as the dollar rose from a three-year low and traders weighed the impact on the market of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death.
The killing of bin Laden may not be as effective a leader as he seems.
Stocks erased gains and were little changed on Monday as the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was seen as only temporarily easing geopolitical tensions.
The following is the full text of US President Barack Obama's announcement that the US has killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Shortly after 9/11, al-Qaeda had warned to set off a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is ever captured or killed, according to U.S. government documents that were leaked just last month by Wikileaks.
Oil rose on Monday in choppy trading, reversing an initial price slide following news that U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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The recent killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan harkens back to a statement made last summer by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton that the Islamabad government knew the whereabouts of the Al Qaeda chief.
Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was born in March 10 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was the 17th of 52 children Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family, had.
The killing of Al-Qaeda chieftain Osama Bin Laden “deep inside” Pakistan has raised grave concerns in India about its neighbor’s harboring of terrorists and militants.
Here is a selection of comments from prominent global figures on news of the death of Osama Bin Laden:
U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Americans worldwide to brace for a retaliation from terrorist organizations after news broke out that Osama Bin Laden, one of the world's most dreaded terrorists, was early on Monday in a U.S. targeted operation carried out by CIA agents and U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The president addressed the nation on Sunday night.
Text of White House's official statement on Osama Bin Laden's death by President Obama: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
The dollar rose from three-year lows, oil fell and world stocks put in gains on Monday after news Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces swept across thinly-traded financial markets.
President Barack Obama on Sunday announced that the U.S. had killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Osama Bin Laden's death is being celebrated, and everyone seems to repeat the conspiracy theory that he was indeed the mastermind behind the terror attacks of 9/11. But that was never proven, and there is not even evidence hinting at such a connection according to the FBI. It is very well possible that completely different organizations than al-Qaeda were responsible for the planning and execution of 9/11, and that the latter were merely one of the involved parties.
President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror.
In a nationally televised address, US President Barack Obama has announced that Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US troops after a firefight.
President Obama on late Sunday night announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks that triggered the U.S. global war on terror. Obama declared, Justice has been done.
Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces, President Barack Obama announced.
Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces, CNN is reporting citing Congressional and administration sources
